Clothes-washer



(No Model.)

S. A. NIVPR. GLOTHES- WASHER.

Patented Feb. 27, 1883,

Witnesses N. PEIERS. Pl-nh-i hcgmpher Washmglom n c washing-machine.

UNITED STATES PATENT 4 OFFICE.

SENECA A. NIVER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

CLOTH ES-WASH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 273,134, datedFebruary 27, 1883.

I Application filed February 7, 1882. (N0 model.)

, I do hereby declare that the following description of my saidinvention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings,forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to washing-machines; and itconsists essentiallyin the novel combination of parts and details ofconstruction, as hereinafter first fully set forth and described, andthen pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve to illustrate my saidinvention more fully, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved Fig.2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of awash-tub and accessories, illustrating the manner of operating myimproved" machine. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of one of the cups.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe figures;

This washing-machine consists essentially of two metallic cups, A A, ofthe contour of an inverted truncated cone, having caps B, as clearlyshown in the drawings. These cups are attached to the end of atriangular frame, D D, consisting of a metallic bar bent or cast intothe form described, and provided With-a handle, E, by means of which themachine is operated. The cups A A are attached to this bar by means ofbolts F, passed through an annular strcngtheningplate, G, placedinto theinside of the cups, and through said bar D in any convenient manner.

In operation the clothes in the wash-tub H are pounded by placing mymachine into said tub, and by alternately pushing and pulling the handleE to and fro. This will cause the frame, with its cups, to rock back andforth,

on its under face, around the head of the bolt,

it may be removed and reversed, or another may be put in its place. Thebolts F hold the cups firmly to bar D, yet aiford an easy means ofdetachment. When one of the caps B is injured in any way the entire cupto which it belongs is first removed from the triangular frame, and thecap may then be knocked off from it. The cap and the body of the cup mayin like manner be separated in order to facilitate the mending of thecup-body or substitute a new one for an old one. The connection betweenthe cups being a solid bar insures a degree of strength that could notbe found in a sheet-metal shell. The attachment of each cup to said barat two points guardsin ameasure against the twisting strain to which asingle bolt would be liable. The construction of the implement, as awhole, unites the greatest possible amount of strength with simplicity,lightness, sufficient leverage,a-ud easy detachability of parts. i

I am aware that it is not new to attach two cups to a triangular frame,each by a single 'bolt, no annular or other internal plates beingemployed, and the cap of each cup being integral therewith; also, thatit is not new to cast several cups together round a common center andattach the latter directly to a stock; also, that it is not new toattach two cups to a connectingtube havingtubular arms which receive tworods formed with a common transverse handle; also, that it is not new toconnect two conical cups to a common tube for a single stock.

Ido not claim any of the foregoingconstructions. Nor do I claim,broadly, a pair of cups bolted to a triangular frame for the purposestated; but

-2 warm What I do claim is- In testimony that I claim the foregoing asIO The handle E and triangular frame D, in my invention I have heretoset my hand in combination with the cups A A, the annular the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

plates G within said cups, the removable caps 5 B upon said cups, andthe fastening-bolts F, S. A. NIVER.

two of which pass through each of said plates G, the cap B above it, andthe lower bar, D, Attest:

of the triangular frame D, all substantially as MICHAEL J. STARK,

and for the purpose set forth. JOHN G. DUERR.

